88 is totally beyond the pale and absolutely evil, but the 14 is unobjectionable / actively good https://twitter.com/dylanmatt/status/1008701016995454976 …
Well, now we've switched from "the words are bad" to "it's non-pragmatic to use the words"...which is a good clarification of the stance. ...BUT... by identifying thing X and speaker Y and engaging in ad hominems, we de legitimize X and implicitly endorse anti-X
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They're tainted. Their origin is Neo-Nazi. The sentiment is a 'roided out, premptive "all lives matter." It is an attempt to prioritize white children who are in imaginary danger.
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I don't agree that words get tainted. I think that Karl Marx's quote about "A man should be a hunter, a critic, etc." is an awesome quote, even though Marxism has killed hundreds of millions.
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